Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Product Liability Lawsuits Credited with Many Safety Improvements

The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday on the history of automotive product liability litigation. Tracing the beginnings of the story to the legendary and precedent setting case of McPherson v. Buick Motor Company in 1911, the Times writes that“lawsuits over the last half-century are credited with such innovations as impact absorbing dashboards and steering columns, and gas tanks that won’t explode on impact.”The article debunks the right-wing “tort reform” claims, showing the vast safety improvements resulting from product liability cases.Read the entire L.A. Times Story